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1 online resource (229 pages) |
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Front Cover; Complexity and Public Policy; Copyright Page; Contents; Myth 1: There is a clear and agreed definition of terror, terrorismand terrorist; Myth 2: September 11 was a tragedy and not a political opportunity; Myth 3: One can reduce the elements of a complex international system into separate and manageable units; Myth 4: The 'war on terror' is a global affair; Myth 5: Global and regional powers are simply reacting toterrorism; Myth 6: The 'war on terror' is being won; Myth 7: Current terrorism is a new type of terrorism; Myth 8: The scale of terrorism has radically increased |
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Myth 9: Middle eastern and Islamic terrorism is a new and major threatMyth 10: Al-Qaeda is new as well; Beyond the myths: what does complexity tell us?; A complexity map of international terrorism and its implications; List of figures; List of tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; The problem of order: three symbolic cases -- Nicolas, Emile and Leila; From the pursuit of order to the paradigm of complexity; Three brief points and a note on definitions; The plan of the book; 1. From orderly to complexity science; The paradigm of order; Spreading ripples of doubt |
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Complex systems in the physical worldComplex systems in the biotic world; Orderly (modernist) social science and public policy; Disorderly (post-modernist) social scienceand public policy; Complexity and social science; Complexity and public policy; 2. Concepts of complexity; Key concepts of physical complex systems; Key concepts of biotic complex systems; Key concepts of conscious complex systems; 3. Tools of complexity; Cascade of complexity; Balance and range of outcomes; Complexity mapping; Fitness landscape; A different point of view: the fitness landscape; The Stacey diagram |
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Stakeholder involvement and soft systems methodology4. Politics; What would a 'complexity map' of politics look like?; Complexity and democracy; What would a complexity theory of democracy look like?; Fundamental regularities and threats; Complexity and the 'third way'; How does complexity differ from and go beyond the third way?; Complexity, politics and the third sector; Is the EU compatible with the third sector?; Using the 'balance and range of outcomes' tool to help the EU promote the third sector; Conclusion; 5. Health; The influence of the paradigm of order on health |
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Better health at a fraction of the cost -- focusing on the basicsAn efficient national health system: the Cuban case; Is Cuba's experience unique and what is the magic formula?; The case of the English national health service; Complexity and chronic illness: the case of diabetes; Understanding chronic illness -- from order to complexity; Using a fitness landscape to improve diabetes management; A different point of view: the fitness landscape; Bringing it all together; 6. The international arena; International relations theory; European integration theory; Integrating complexity |
| Summary |
This book provides a clear, concise and readable introduction to complexity thinking, its application to the social sciences and public policy, and the relevance of some of its various tools to those fields of politics, health, the international realm, development, planning and terrorism. The authors argue that the foundation for many of the current crises in these areas can be traced to the attempt by social scientists and policy-makers to treat these systems and processes as fundamentally orderly, predictable and controllable. By providing an overview of complex systems, a pr |
| Notes |
Applying a complexity map to the international arena and European Union |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-210) and index |
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Print version record |
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Policy sciences.
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Political planning.
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System theory.
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Complexity (Philosophy)
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Terrorism -- Prevention.
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Systems Theory
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Politiques publiques.
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Sciences politiques.
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Elaboration d'une politique.
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Philosophie politique.
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Politique sociale.
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Lutte contre le terrorisme.
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UE/CE Union européenne.
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Complexity (Philosophy)
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Policy sciences
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Political planning
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Social policy -- Planning
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System theory
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Terrorism -- Prevention
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Staatstätigkeit
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Politische Theorie
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Komplexitätstheorie
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European Union countries -- Social policy -- Planning
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European Economic Community countries -- Social policy -- Planning
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European Union countries
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Rihani, Samir
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| ISBN |
9780203856925 |
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0203856929 |
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